Ian Bullitt

The ASUC Senate passed a resolution requesting the implementation of contextual GPA data on undergraduate transcripts and introduced the first spring 2018 referendum for the ballot at its Wednesday meeting.

The 2017 ASUC elections saw a 16 percent decrease in voters compared to 2016 — the lowest turnout in at least the past five years.

ASUC Senator Ian Bullitt, described by himself and his peers as both “resilient” and “extra,” is seeking election as the academic affairs vice president.

Student Action, a campus political party centered on student representation, announced Monday its 14 senatorial candidates for the ASUC elections in April.

Student Action released its executive slate for the spring 2017 ASUC elections Tuesday one year after winning a sweep of the four partisan executive seats in the 2016 elections.

Wednesday’s new resolutions marked a total of seven bills in the past three weeks focused on student safety and wellness. They included a bill that would create a commission on mental health and another to increase protection related to on-campus political demonstrations.

On Monday, several activists who were not affiliated with UC Berkeley or the Berkeley College Republicans built a wall out of cardboard bricks on Sproul Plaza, inciting a protest led by undocumented students.

ASUC executive and senate hopefuls, accompanied by hundreds of supporters, flooded the Arthur Andersen Auditorium in the Haas School of Business on Friday evening to learn the results of the 2016-17 ASUC elections.

In a reversal from last year’s results, Student Action swept all four partisan executive positions in the 2016 ASUC elections, announced at Friday’s tabulation ceremony.

On Tuesday evening, Student Action — a party traditionally known to represent the Greek, engineering and Jewish communities — announced 16 senate candidates for the upcoming ASUC elections.